I was researching Jeffrey Hunter (Captain Pike) a couple days ago.
Hunter did the Star Trek pilot, but he passed on doing a second pilot because he decided he would rather work on his movie career. So William Shatner pretty much owes his career to Jeffrey Hunter.
Hunter died just a few years later, in May of 1969, at the age of 42. His Wikipedia bio is an interesting read, including a quote from Marilyn Monroe about how handsome he was.
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Posted: 09/09/2021 at 08:00AM